Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Omar, Khayyam

£9.99

This is Edward Fitzgerald’s much-loved, often-quoted, best-selling 1859 translation of the ‘Rubaiyat’ (650 editions in 150 years), with Attar’s charming narrative poem, ‘Bird Parliament’. The book features an extensive new introduction with notes and chronology.

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Publish Date: 12/06/2014
ISBN: 9781780228297 Category: Tag:

Description

The best-loved, bestselling poem ever published, brought up to date with a sumptuous new look.

Edward FitzGerald’s much-loved, often-quoted, bestselling 1859 translation of the RUBAIYAT, with Attar’s charming narrative poem, BIRD PARLIAMENT. Also featuring an extensive new introduction with notes and chronology.

Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night
Has flung the Stone that put the Stars to Flight:
And Lo! the Hunter of the East has caught
The Sultan’s Turret in a Noose of Light.

Additional information

Weight 150 g
Dimensions 214 × 128 × 16 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

lxxv, 84

Language

English

Edition

Bicentennial edition

Dewey

891.5511 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K